Pivoted headlight for locomotives



E. PAYNE. PIVOTED HEADLIGHT FOR LOCOMOTIVES. Awuc'mou mm MAY 20, 1921.

1,407,? 66. Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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Application filed May 20,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST PAYNE, a c1t1- zen of the United States,residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pivoted Headlightsfor Locomotives, of which the followlng is a specification.

My invention relates to pivoted headlights for locomotives. The light isautomatically operated by the movement of the forward truck, so that thelight will always point in the direction in which the locomotive ismoving, whether rounding a curve or traveling straight ahead and it hasfor its object to provide a pivoted headlight mechanism which can beattached to differently positioned head lights. and which at the sametime can be cheaply manufactured and assembled. With these objects inview my invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly describedand pointed out in the claim; reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings. in which:

Fig. 1, is a perspective View of my device, partly in cross-section asapplied to a locomotive.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of my device applied to a differentlypositioned headlight on a locomotive.

Fig. 3, is a plan view of my device.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of my device, partly in cross-section. j

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the severalfigures of the drawings.-

In carrying out my invention, I provide a gear frame A, which may bemountedin any convenient manner in the cross beam C, of the locomotivetruck. Mounted on the inner side of the front end of frame A, I have themesh or cogs d, adapted to receive a gear. Vertically and pivotallymounted in any convenient manner on the forward platform D, of thelocomotive, I have the sectional vertical shaft E, and on the lower endof which I have mounted the gear 2, so, positioned to operate inthe cogsd; the sectional vertical shaft E is made up of sec- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 471,264.

tions 8, I, and 5; at the base of section 3,

I have mounted the gear 2; this section is have the crank 9,- pivotallyengaging the lug 10, mounted on and projecting from the headlight box F;the headlight box F being pivotally mounted on the locomotive body, bymeans of the pivot 11. In another form of my device, I have the brace Gmounted on the front of the locomotive body and projecting the upper andlower parallel extending lugs 12, 12; the upper end of shaft E beingpivotally mounted in said lugs, and mounted on said shaft, in anyconvenient manner and between the lugs 12, 12 I have the head light boxF.

In the operation of my device, the frame A, is moved to the right orleft or straight ahead by the curvature of the track and the consequentturning of the truck beam C to the right or to the left, and it thuscauses the gear 2 to turn, which causes the shaft E to turn and throughthe movement of the lever, turns the headlight box F to the rightdirectly upon shaft E as shown in Fig.2 or whether it is connected by alever movement. When it is desired to open the ash or to the left,whether the box F is mounted door of the furnace or for any other reasonto remove the shaft E, I loosen the set screws mounted in the sleeves 7,7 and then move the sleeves along said shaft until the central section4: can be removed from the slots and thus leaving an open space in frontof the boiler head. To place the shaft in use, I replace the centralsection 4, adjust the sleeves 7 7 and clamp the sleeves in any desiredposition, by means of the set screws 8, 8 and the device is ready foroperation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patent is as follows:

In combination with a locomotive and the forward truck thereofa guideframe projecting longitudinally forward from the truck beam, a series ofcogs mounted on the inner face of the front end of said frame, a gearmeshing into said cogs, a verticalshaft pivotallymounted in the headplatform of the locomotive and supporting said gear meshing into saidcogs, a remo able seotion to said shaft, means for clamping andunclamping said section in position, a head- 10 light box pivotallymounted on the locomotive body, pivoted lever connection between saidshaft and the headlight box.

In testimony whereof Ihave afiixed my signature.

.ERNES T PAYNE.

